Given name
Sakurako
“resembling a cherry blossom”
Sakurako is a variant of Sakura. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a cherry blossom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sakurako is a variant of Sakura. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a cherry blossom.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sakurako is a variant of Sakura. An origin associated with Sakura is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sakurako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sakurako’s family of names
Sakurako has a related form in Sakura. In Japanese usage, Sakurako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of さくらこ. In Japanese usage, Sakurako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 桜子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sakurako
- Sakurako OharaJapanese actress and singerborn 1996
- Sakurako KonishiJapanese actressborn 1998
- Sakurako OkuboJapanese actressborn 1998
- Ashika SakuraJapanese mangaka
- Sakurako KiminoJapanese writerborn 1901
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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